CVE-2023-2534 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-2534

Information disclouse and DoS via websocket push events

Vulnerability Description

Improper Authorization vulnerability in OTRS AG OTRS 8 (Websocket API backend) allows any as Agent authenticated attacker to track user behaviour and to gain live insight into overall system usage. User IDs can easily be correlated with real names e. g. via ticket histories by any user. (Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data). Subscribing to all possible push events could also lead to performance implications on the server side, depending on the size of the installation and the number of active users. (Flooding)This issue affects OTRS: from 8.0.X before 8.0.32.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Special thanks to Maximilian Gutwein for reporting these vulnerability.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

OTRS
Vulnerable Versions:
8.0.x

Timeline

Official Publish: May 8th, 2023
Last Modified: January 29th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)